Pycnophyes ancalagon

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Homalorhagae
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Cycloneuralia Cladus: Scalidophora Phylum: Kinorhyncha Ordo: Homalorhagida Subordo: Homalorhagae

Familia: Pycnophyidae
Genus: Pycnophyes
Species: Pycnophyes ancalagon

Name

Pycnophyes ancalagon Sørensen & Grzelak, 2018

Type locality: Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.

Holotype: NHMD-233064, adult female, collected from mud on August 7, 2013, on St. KG1 at 105 m depth in Kongsfjorden (78°55.85′N 012°08.37′E), mounted in Fluoromount G.

Paratype: NHMD-233065 to 233072, four females and two males from same locality as the holotype and one female and one male from St. KB2, also in Kongsfjorden, mounted in Fluoromount G.

ZooBank: 47580836-3AF4-4273-89DA-C0B86E84AF69

References

Primary references

Sørensen, M.V., Grzelak, K. 2018. New mud dragons from Svalbard: three new species of Cristaphyes and the first Arctic species of Pycnophyes (Kinorhyncha: Allomalorhagida: Pycnophyidae). PeerJ. 6: e5653. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5653 Reference page. [See p. 32-48, figs. 13-15, tbs. 8-9, original description]

Links

WoRMS (2020). Pycnophyes ancalagon Sørensen & Grzelak, 2018. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1433157 on 2020-11-03

BHL bibliography
Pycnophyes ancalagon – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Pycnophyes ancalagon.
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